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Re: Update 11/4/16 with NEW BIOS - EVGA GeForce GTX 1080/1070 PWM Operating Temperature Up 2016/11/04 18:19:02 (permalink)
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For those users who want additional cooling beyond the VBIOS update, EVGA has optional thermal pads available.  This update is not required, however; EVGA will make it available free of charge to any customer who is interested. To request the thermal pad kit, please visit www.evga.com/thermalmod 



I'm really worried and nervous about these issues. I have updated the BIOS, but I want the Thermal Pads too, so I can install them and have some peace of mind. My problem is that I'm a EVGA customer from Uruguay (South America), and I already had to pay U$S 250 extra for shipping and taxes to get my card here, so I need to know how much will the thermal pad kit cost me if I request it now. I would heartily appreciate any information or advice that EVGA and the community may give me.


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Re: Update 11/4/16 with NEW BIOS - EVGA GeForce GTX 1080/1070 PWM Operating Temperature Up 2016/11/04 18:20:44 (permalink)
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For those users who want additional cooling beyond the VBIOS update, EVGA has optional thermal pads available.  This update is not required, however; EVGA will make it available free of charge to any customer who is interested. To request the thermal pad kit, please visit www.evga.com/thermalmod 



I'm really worried and nervous about these issues. I have updated the BIOS, but I want the Thermal Pads too, so I can install them and have some peace of mind. My problem is that I'm a EVGA customer from Uruguay (South America), and I already had to pay U$S 250 extra for shipping and taxes to get my card here, so I need to know how much will the thermal pad kit cost me if I request it now. I would heartily appreciate any information or advice that EVGA and the community may give me.




Unless they changed something, and your card is registered, it's free. "EVGA will make it available free of charge to any customer who is interested. To request the thermal pad kit, please visit www.evga.com/thermalmod "

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Re: Update 11/4/16 with NEW BIOS - EVGA GeForce GTX 1080/1070 PWM Operating Temperature Up 2016/11/04 18:32:10 (permalink)
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Unless they changed something, and your card is registered, it's free. "EVGA will make it available free of charge to any customer who is interested. To request the thermal pad kit, please visit "

 
Hi HeavyHemi, thank you for your reply. My video card is registered. I know the thermal pad kit is free, but how about shipping it to my country (Uruguay, South America), will it be free too or will I have to end up paying a high price?
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Re: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080/1070 PWM Operating Temperature Update 2016/11/04 18:32:23 (permalink)
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I've been through a good amount of pages and haven't seen it clearly answered.

Does the over heating issues effect a 1070 sc? I keep my fans around 80% and keep the card 60c or cooler, will this ever be a problem for me?

A good couple of pages. Except page 1 and the first post. Nice.
Keeping your fans that high does not look like a good solution. I suggest getting the new bios instead.


You do realize that the purpose of the new bios is to increase the native fan speed of the card at certain temperatures? So if he is keeping his fans at 80% with a program like Afterburner or PrecisionX, that is the exact same result as flashing the new bios. I am not worried about rushing to get the new bios because I always make my own fan curve to keep my card cool anyways.



This is not entirely true. First id wager constant 80% as needless excessive fan wear. The irony being that one does so out of fear of flashing the BIOS (while raising the potential of another entirely different problem)  Secondly, the max RPM's were changed. I.E. the percentages pertaining to previous BIOS' do not match those of the current. 


Nowhere is Evga's post about the bios change did it say that they increased the max rpm's of the fans. The only thing I have been able to find on the subject is that the stock fan curve has been made more aggressive. Please link the page if you can show where they said the max rpm's of the acx cooler's fans has been increased with the new bios.
Also, running your fans at 80% all the time (not something I do purely for sound level reasons), is what the cooler was made to do, actually 100%, if they die prematurely, that's what warranty is for.
post edited by clocked970 - 2016/11/04 18:35:25
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Re: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080/1070 PWM Operating Temperature Update 2016/11/04 18:33:56 (permalink)
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I've been through a good amount of pages and haven't seen it clearly answered.

Does the over heating issues effect a 1070 sc? I keep my fans around 80% and keep the card 60c or cooler, will this ever be a problem for me?

A good couple of pages. Except page 1 and the first post. Nice.
Keeping your fans that high does not look like a good solution. I suggest getting the new bios instead.


You do realize that the purpose of the new bios is to increase the native fan speed of the card at certain temperatures? So if he is keeping his fans at 80% with a program like Afterburner or PrecisionX, that is the exact same result as flashing the new bios. I am not worried about rushing to get the new bios because I always make my own fan curve to keep my card cool anyways.



This is not entirely true. First id wager constant 80% as needless excessive fan wear. The irony being that one does so out of fear of flashing the BIOS (while raising the potential of another entirely different problem)  Secondly, the max RPM's were changed. I.E. the percentages pertaining to previous BIOS' do not match those of the current. 


Nowhere is Evga's post about the bios change did it say that they increased the max rpm's of the fans. The only thing I have been able to find on the subject is that the stock fan curve has been made more aggressive. Please link the page if you can show where they said the max rpm's of the acx cooler's fans has been increased with the new bios.



I can tell you. Im on the new VBIOS. The RPM is higher. But if you don't want to believe me so be it.

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Re: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080/1070 PWM Operating Temperature Update 2016/11/04 18:37:37 (permalink)
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I've been through a good amount of pages and haven't seen it clearly answered.

Does the over heating issues effect a 1070 sc? I keep my fans around 80% and keep the card 60c or cooler, will this ever be a problem for me?

A good couple of pages. Except page 1 and the first post. Nice.
Keeping your fans that high does not look like a good solution. I suggest getting the new bios instead.


You do realize that the purpose of the new bios is to increase the native fan speed of the card at certain temperatures? So if he is keeping his fans at 80% with a program like Afterburner or PrecisionX, that is the exact same result as flashing the new bios. I am not worried about rushing to get the new bios because I always make my own fan curve to keep my card cool anyways.



This is not entirely true. First id wager constant 80% as needless excessive fan wear. The irony being that one does so out of fear of flashing the BIOS (while raising the potential of another entirely different problem)  Secondly, the max RPM's were changed. I.E. the percentages pertaining to previous BIOS' do not match those of the current. 


Nowhere is Evga's post about the bios change did it say that they increased the max rpm's of the fans. The only thing I have been able to find on the subject is that the stock fan curve has been made more aggressive. Please link the page if you can show where they said the max rpm's of the acx cooler's fans has been increased with the new bios.



I can tell you. Im on the new VBIOS. The RPM is higher. But if you don't want to believe me so be it.


Please tell me what your max card rpm is now with the new bios then? my max rpm on the old bios is roughly 3026 rpm. Thanks
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Re: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080/1070 PWM Operating Temperature Update 2016/11/04 18:39:39 (permalink)
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I've been through a good amount of pages and haven't seen it clearly answered.

Does the over heating issues effect a 1070 sc? I keep my fans around 80% and keep the card 60c or cooler, will this ever be a problem for me?

A good couple of pages. Except page 1 and the first post. Nice.
Keeping your fans that high does not look like a good solution. I suggest getting the new bios instead.


You do realize that the purpose of the new bios is to increase the native fan speed of the card at certain temperatures? So if he is keeping his fans at 80% with a program like Afterburner or PrecisionX, that is the exact same result as flashing the new bios. I am not worried about rushing to get the new bios because I always make my own fan curve to keep my card cool anyways.



This is not entirely true. First id wager constant 80% as needless excessive fan wear. The irony being that one does so out of fear of flashing the BIOS (while raising the potential of another entirely different problem)  Secondly, the max RPM's were changed. I.E. the percentages pertaining to previous BIOS' do not match those of the current. 


Nowhere is Evga's post about the bios change did it say that they increased the max rpm's of the fans. The only thing I have been able to find on the subject is that the stock fan curve has been made more aggressive. Please link the page if you can show where they said the max rpm's of the acx cooler's fans has been increased with the new bios.
Also, running your fans at 80% all the time (not something I do purely for sound level reasons), is what the cooler was made to do, actually 100%, if they die prematurely, that's what warranty is for.




Max RPM has not increased. Only the curve is slightly more aggressive at 70C+


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Re: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080/1070 PWM Operating Temperature Update 2016/11/04 18:41:17 (permalink)
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Please tell me what your max card rpm is now with the new bios then? my max rpm on the old bios is roughly 3026 rpm. Thanks



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Re: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080/1070 PWM Operating Temperature Update 2016/11/04 18:43:13 (permalink)
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I've been through a good amount of pages and haven't seen it clearly answered.

Does the over heating issues effect a 1070 sc? I keep my fans around 80% and keep the card 60c or cooler, will this ever be a problem for me?

A good couple of pages. Except page 1 and the first post. Nice.
Keeping your fans that high does not look like a good solution. I suggest getting the new bios instead.


You do realize that the purpose of the new bios is to increase the native fan speed of the card at certain temperatures? So if he is keeping his fans at 80% with a program like Afterburner or PrecisionX, that is the exact same result as flashing the new bios. I am not worried about rushing to get the new bios because I always make my own fan curve to keep my card cool anyways.



This is not entirely true. First id wager constant 80% as needless excessive fan wear. The irony being that one does so out of fear of flashing the BIOS (while raising the potential of another entirely different problem)  Secondly, the max RPM's were changed. I.E. the percentages pertaining to previous BIOS' do not match those of the current. 


Nowhere is Evga's post about the bios change did it say that they increased the max rpm's of the fans. The only thing I have been able to find on the subject is that the stock fan curve has been made more aggressive. Please link the page if you can show where they said the max rpm's of the acx cooler's fans has been increased with the new bios.
Also, running your fans at 80% all the time (not something I do purely for sound level reasons), is what the cooler was made to do, actually 100%, if they die prematurely, that's what warranty is for.




Max RPM has not increased. Only the curve is slightly more aggressive at 70C+



Then whats the max RPM? Im showing 3600 on MSI Afterburner?

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Re: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080/1070 PWM Operating Temperature Update 2016/11/04 18:48:15 (permalink)
No need for name calling. Keep it clean guys.
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Re: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080/1070 PWM Operating Temperature Update 2016/11/04 18:53:52 (permalink)
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I've been through a good amount of pages and haven't seen it clearly answered.

Does the over heating issues effect a 1070 sc? I keep my fans around 80% and keep the card 60c or cooler, will this ever be a problem for me?

A good couple of pages. Except page 1 and the first post. Nice.
Keeping your fans that high does not look like a good solution. I suggest getting the new bios instead.


You do realize that the purpose of the new bios is to increase the native fan speed of the card at certain temperatures? So if he is keeping his fans at 80% with a program like Afterburner or PrecisionX, that is the exact same result as flashing the new bios. I am not worried about rushing to get the new bios because I always make my own fan curve to keep my card cool anyways.



This is not entirely true. First id wager constant 80% as needless excessive fan wear. The irony being that one does so out of fear of flashing the BIOS (while raising the potential of another entirely different problem)  Secondly, the max RPM's were changed. I.E. the percentages pertaining to previous BIOS' do not match those of the current. 


Nowhere is Evga's post about the bios change did it say that they increased the max rpm's of the fans. The only thing I have been able to find on the subject is that the stock fan curve has been made more aggressive. Please link the page if you can show where they said the max rpm's of the acx cooler's fans has been increased with the new bios.
Also, running your fans at 80% all the time (not something I do purely for sound level reasons), is what the cooler was made to do, actually 100%, if they die prematurely, that's what warranty is for.




Max RPM has not increased. Only the curve is slightly more aggressive at 70C+



Then whats the max RPM? Im showing 3600 on MSI Afterburner?


Berated over the course of this thread? Too far don't you think? I've made like 6 or 7 posts in total. You are blurting out things you think are correct without reading the facts first hence wasting my and everyone else's time. I told you from the start there was only a more aggressive curve applied. Sorry about the name calling I truly am. Just been reading way too many posts from people that are misinformed because they are not reading what evga has actually posted on the subjects. 
I use Precision X currently and it was reading about 3026 max rpm, i fired up afterburner to see if it was different and it also read 3020 max rpm. So either you have a card that blows 600 rpm faster than mine from factory (unlikely), or something else is at work here.
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Re: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080/1070 PWM Operating Temperature Update 2016/11/04 18:57:11 (permalink)
Btw did you guys stress test the 1080 Classys. I might just do the bios update when my card arrives from the US. I had every classy cards since then except the 780's ones and I'm kinda feeling worried about the 1080 classy. Also the VRAM Chip being used on the 1080 classy is micron instead of a samsung chip. My current 980ti Classy has a samsung VRAM chip checked using GPU-Z

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Re: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080/1070 PWM Operating Temperature Update 2016/11/04 19:00:18 (permalink)
"You are blurting out things you think are correct without reading the facts first" I am blurting out my readings. Corrected that for you. Also im not the only one, thanks. Post #636 But thanks again for assuming I blurt out random statements without personal data just because mine doesn't correspond with yours. Professional.

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Re: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080/1070 PWM Operating Temperature Update 2016/11/04 19:03:17 (permalink)
What is the difference between the Primary BIOS (86.04.3b.00.84) and Secondary BIOS (86.04.3b.01.82)? I am confused as to which one I apply.

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Re: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080/1070 PWM Operating Temperature Update 2016/11/04 19:06:17 (permalink)
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What is the difference between the Primary BIOS (86.04.3b.00.84) and Secondary BIOS (86.04.3b.01.82)? I am confused as to which one I apply.


Your have 2 bios switches on the FTW cards. You load the primary to slot 1 (master) and the secondary to slot 2 (slave). You must power down, flip the switch and power up to make sure you are flashing the right one.


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Re: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080/1070 PWM Operating Temperature Update 2016/11/04 19:08:03 (permalink)
I thought that might be it, but wasn't sure. Thanks for clarifying!

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Re: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080/1070 PWM Operating Temperature Update 2016/11/04 19:10:54 (permalink)
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Minor emergency:

The BIOS updater is stalled and doing nothing.

I closed all other programs and ran it with admin privileges. It identified my video card, asked 'y' to confirm / 's' to skip / 'a' to abort. I pressed 'y'.

It has since been sitting doing nothing visible for 30 minutes. No messages, no change, no nothing. Pressing 'y'/'s'/'a' again does nothing. Enter does nothing. Esc does nothing.

I'm assuming it should have been completed within seconds. Am I safe to simply reboot? Should I exit the updater and relaunch it without rebooting?

Swift advice would be appreciated if anyone at EVGA is still monitoring the thread. I don't really want to bork my video card over choosing poorly how to proceed, nor do I want to leave the entire PC sitting running like this until I hear back.

 
Update to failed BIOS updater problem:
 
The BIOS updater stalled on my Win10 machine immediately after the "press 'y' to confirm" stage. This is after the updater has already switched the display resolution down to 640x480, or whatever horrible postage stamp size it uses as base.
 
Keypresses did nothing; the updater cannot be closed with the window's 'X' button. Force closed the update task with Task Manager > End Task.
 
Tried the updater again, same problem: it immediately stalled after pressing 'y' to confirm. It did, however, confirm that it still saw the old BIOS on the video card. i.e. The previous update attempt had failed utterly, beyond borking my display resolution. This left me with no choice but to reboot.
 
 
On reboot I still had video (thank god) but the installed nVidia drivers (or perhaps EVGA Precision in the background?) failed to recognize the hardware and complained muchly about it. Couldn't even open the nVidia control panel. And I was still stuck in postage stamp resolution.
 
Rebooted into safe mode (Win10) and was able to run the BIOS updater (seemingly) successfully. 
 
 
Tip to the updater programmers: some kind of "UPDATE SUCCESSFUL" feedback would be awesome, rather than a 2-second progress bar of dots followed by the updater window auto-closing itself without any user feedback whatsoever. Having a BIOS update window simply collapse without warning is NOT reassuring or useful. This concept is not rocket surgery.
 
 
Rebooted into regular Win10, was immediately greeted with the same "No supported hardware detected" on boot. Still stuck in 640x480, pain in my ass. nVidia Control Panel still inaccessible.
 
Removed all nVidia drivers and components one-by-one via CPL > Programs and Features. Rebooted.
 
Win10 automatically installed nVidia drivers that were able to recognize the card properly, allowing me to open nVidia cpl > System Information, which finally confirmed that the new BIOS was in place. Updated those drivers with the latest from nVidia and all seems (?) to be back to a working state. Hopefully that continues.
 
 
tl;dr: Not terribly impressed with the update process. I highly recommend anyone else running the BIOS updater do so in Windows safe mode from the get-go to avoid potential conflicts. "Quitting all programs" (including all non-resident nVidia/EVGA programs) clearly wasn't enough.
 
PS: Appreciate all the advice. Oh wait... no... you were all too busy squabbling and counter-trolling each other for the last 90 minutes instead, to the point that the mod deleted half your posts. gj.
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Re: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080/1070 PWM Operating Temperature Update 2016/11/04 19:14:21 (permalink)
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Minor emergency:

The BIOS updater is stalled and doing nothing.

I closed all other programs and ran it with admin privileges. It identified my video card, asked 'y' to confirm / 's' to skip / 'a' to abort. I pressed 'y'.

It has since been sitting doing nothing visible for 30 minutes. No messages, no change, no nothing. Pressing 'y'/'s'/'a' again does nothing. Enter does nothing. Esc does nothing.

I'm assuming it should have been completed within seconds. Am I safe to simply reboot? Should I exit the updater and relaunch it without rebooting?

Swift advice would be appreciated if anyone at EVGA is still monitoring the thread. I don't really want to bork my video card over choosing poorly how to proceed, nor do I want to leave the entire PC sitting running like this until I hear back.

 
Update to failed BIOS updater problem:
 
The BIOS updater stalled on my Win10 machine immediately after the "press 'y' to confirm" stage. This is after the updater has already switched the display resolution down to 640x480, or whatever horrible postage stamp size it uses as base.
 
Keypresses did nothing; the updater cannot be closed with the window's 'X' button. Force closed the update task with Task Manager > End Task.
 
Tried the updater again, same problem: it immediately stalled after pressing 'y' to confirm. It did, however, confirm that it still saw the old BIOS on the video card. i.e. The previous update attempt had failed utterly, beyond borking my display resolution. This left me with no choice but to reboot.
 
 
On reboot I still had video (thank god) but the installed nVidia drivers (or perhaps EVGA Precision in the background?) failed to recognize the hardware and complained muchly about it. Couldn't even open the nVidia control panel. And I was still stuck in postage stamp resolution.
 
Rebooted into safe mode (Win10) and was able to run the BIOS updater (seemingly) successfully. 
 
 
Tip to the updater programmers: some kind of "UPDATE SUCCESSFUL" feedback would be awesome, rather than a 2-second progress bar of dots followed by the updater window auto-closing itself without any user feedback whatsoever. Having a BIOS update window simply collapse without warning is NOT reassuring or useful. This concept is not rocket surgery.
 
 
Rebooted into regular Win10, was immediately greeted with the same "No supported hardware detected" on boot. Still stuck in 640x480, pain in my ass. nVidia Control Panel still inaccessible.
 
Removed all nVidia drivers and components one-by-one via CPL > Programs and Features. Rebooted.
 
Win10 automatically installed nVidia drivers that were able to recognize the card properly, allowing me to open nVidia cpl > System Information, which finally confirmed that the new BIOS was in place. Updated those drivers with the latest from nVidia and all seems (?) to be back to a working state. Hopefully that continues.
 
 
tl;dr: Not terribly impressed with the update process. I highly recommend anyone else running the BIOS updater do so in Windows safe mode from the get-go to avoid potential conflicts. "Quitting all programs" (including all non-resident nVidia/EVGA programs) clearly wasn't enough.
 
PS: Appreciate all the advice. Oh wait... no... you were all too busy squabbling and counter-trolling each other for the last 90 minutes instead, to the point that the mod deleted half your posts. gj.



Ive seen your issue, did not know how to solve it. Sorry you are fustrated but don't take it out on everyone. Lastly there is an update successful message that displays for maybe half a second before the prompt closes. It just closes to fast. Would be nice to have a press enter to close prompt message or something.

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Re: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080/1070 PWM Operating Temperature Update 2016/11/04 19:14:42 (permalink)
Jeeze... who said I was afraid to flash a bios? I installed one when the micron memory bios came outo, and flashed this one as soon as it came out.

And when they boasted 400% increased lifespan on the fans, I figured I'd be able to run them for as long or as hard as I want until it's time to replace the card, warrantee exchange for a different issue, or even install a waterblock.

I guess what I was hoping for is an evga rep would have replied with "no, not effected because this..." but instead all I got was anger... good goin "community "

And thanks to those who actually tried to help.
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Re: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080/1070 PWM Operating Temperature Update 2016/11/04 19:17:49 (permalink)
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Jeeze... who said I was afraid to flash a bios? I installed one when the micron memory bios came outo, and flashed this one as soon as it came out.

And when they boasted 400% increased lifespan on the fans, I figured I'd be able to run them for as long or as hard as I want until it's time to replace the card, warrantee exchange for a different issue, or even install a waterblock.

I guess what I was hoping for is an evga rep would have replied with "no, not effected because this..." but instead all I got was anger... good goin "community "

And thanks to those who actually tried to help.


The first page stated it effects your card. So that answered that before you even posted. And if you aren't worried about flashing the BIOS flash it and get the new curve fix. If you want to run your fans manual 80% instead run them 80% instead.  You are asking us to tell you if you should flash the VBIOS or use custom fan curve. Its up to you not us.

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Re: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080/1070 PWM Operating Temperature Update 2016/11/04 19:17:51 (permalink)
 
Scarlet-Tech, a mod here, posted a video quite some pages ago, old bios his max rpm was at max 2800, new 3300. It can be found on page 20.
If even Jacob says something wrong ... So dark and i say nothing wrong here. It's a fact about rpm.
 
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Re: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080/1070 PWM Operating Temperature Update 2016/11/04 19:25:05 (permalink)
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Scarlet-Tech, a mod here, posted a video quite some pages ago, old bios his max rpm was at max 2800, new 3300. It can be found on page 20.
If even Jacob says something wrong ... So dark and i say nothing wrong here. It's a fact about rpm.
 



Yeah I was pretty sure I saw max increase as well

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Re: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080/1070 PWM Operating Temperature Update 2016/11/04 19:30:53 (permalink)
after applying this update, EVGA Precision X no longer recognizes my GTX 1080 as a supported device.  the NVIDIA control panel will not launch.  and my monitor is a mess.  
 
downloading and installing the latest Precision X driver didn't help.  neither did reinstalling the latest NVIDIA drivers.
 
yikes.  
 
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Re: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080/1070 PWM Operating Temperature Update 2016/11/04 19:34:12 (permalink)
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Just want to post something positive here.
 
I installed vBIOS ok for my GTX 1080 FTW but as my card is so new (October purchase) and I wasn't comfortable doing the thermal pad myself, I decided to pull trigger on RMA.
The longest wait was getting through, *2 calls ahead* but once I got through and confirmed my details, I was put on the que for advanced RMA , just waiting for my invoice to be verified.
 
The rep confirmed the RMA card will have thermal pads installed and the  latest vbios flashed.
He also told me the RMA box will come with a self addressed postage paid box for shipment back to EVGA.
 
Up here in Canada, shipping GFX cards as hefty as the 1080 FTW would easily run me $50+ and probably more since the holiday busy season is coming up.  It was a super nice gesture by EVGA to pay for my postage back to them.
 
I also asked about if I'll get new or refurbished and he confirmed I'll get new since my purchase was recent.  Albeit it may come in an RMA box  (hope it's ok for resale in a few years?)
 
Unless the RMA process itself falls apart or something unexpected comes up, I think this is the best customer service I've received.
 
 
I was an EVGA user on my old GTX 260 and went with MSi for the 700 and 900 series.  This whole thermal thing almost moved me away from EVGA, but it may well keep me with them for the 11 series or 12 series card, whenever I choose to upgrade.
 
Thumbs up.  Fingers crossed on smooth RMA for me, but pretty happy so far.


Sorry to break it to you, but there are no new cards with the fixes being produced, at least not right now. Evga themselves told me that they apply the fix to refurbished cards that they have in stock, and they will not guarantee that you get a new card. FYI I got my card on September 24th, so yeah ...
 
I just wouldn't trust what you were told at this point, and I'd certainly wouldn't give away my new card in the hopes that they send me a new card for replacement. If you're worried about the pads, then install them yourself. At least that way you are sure it is your own new card, and not some refurbished that comes with more problems. 
 
At least that's what I've been told by Evga, otherwise I would have RMA ed my card as well. Can any Evga officials comment on this. Do we get new cards as replacement or not ?




My card is within 30 days so he told me it will be a new one, but possibly with work done on it to apply the fix. I'm not comfortable doing the thermal application myself which is why Im doing this and at this point , worst case, I get a 2-3 month old refurbished card with the fix applied and I can resell it later with some peace of mind.  
 
Again, RMA still in progress and this could go belly up from a good to bad experience, but I am pretty happy with what is on offer so far.


I have had a really bad experience with refurbished cards, and one of my friends went through 3 refurbished cards and they all had problems. So I personally will not risk it even if there's the slightest possibility that I'll end up with a refurbished card.
 
The way I see it you have nothing to lose even if you break your card while applying the thermal pads yourself. Evga said they will RMA your card, if the card sustains any damages while applying the pads by owners. So even if you damage your card, you're in the same position as you are now. 
 
It is really not a complicated process. Youtube channels called JayzTwoCents and gamers Nexus have really good tutorials on it. At least check the tutorials out first if you haven't, and then make your final decision.
 
Whatever you decide to do, I wish you the best :)
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Re: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080/1070 PWM Operating Temperature Update 2016/11/04 19:40:55 (permalink)
Just updated the BIOS on the slave and when my computer restarted my screen is black at the bottom and while lines at the bios boots. I tried moving back to the master and have the same thing! Please help. FYI, these cards are running in SLI.
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Re: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080/1070 PWM Operating Temperature Update 2016/11/04 19:42:21 (permalink)
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    Re: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080/1070 PWM Operating Temperature Update 2016/11/04 20:01:17 (permalink)
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    Just updated the BIOS on the slave and when my computer restarted my screen is black at the bottom and while lines at the bios boots. I tried moving back to the master and have the same thing! Please help. FYI, these cards are running in SLI.

    Did you try to disable Nvidia drivers?
    And if your flashing your vBios. I prefer 1 card at a time.
     
    Been doing vBios flash on my previous cards but 1 card at a time instead on SLI mode.

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    Re: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080/1070 PWM Operating Temperature Update 2016/11/04 20:09:58 (permalink)
    Should I see different BIOS version in System info in the nvidia control panel depending on which position the switch is in? master or slave.
    I updated BIOS for each BIOS-switch position, but though the switch is back in master-position, the nvidia control panel still shows me BIOS version of slave (which was the last update I made).
     
     
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    Re: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080/1070 PWM Operating Temperature Update 2016/11/04 20:43:30 (permalink)
    Did you power off computer and restart after the switch?
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    Re: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080/1070 PWM Operating Temperature Update 2016/11/04 20:45:57 (permalink)
    I run my cards in SLI ( 2 x 1080 FTW) after the update these things sound like blower cards so goddamn loud now.
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